Prehistory CP World 2020

What is prehistory?

• A time before humans existed

• The time period when civilization began

• A time when humans were alive, but had not yet developed writing

• The time when people began farming

Which type of social scientists study written sources to interpret the past?

• Archaeologist

• Historian

• Anthropologist

• Geographer

On what continent were the bones of the first humans discovered?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

Which of the following is a basic feature of all civilizations?

• Organized government

• A system of writing

• Job specialization

• All of the Above

Where did early people settle?

• In Mountains

• In the Jungle

• Near rivers or other bodies of water

• None of the Above

True or False: one problem geographers face when making a globe flat is that it distorts certain landmasses

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Themes of Geography?

• Climate

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Regions

What was the lifestyle of humans during the Ice Age?

• They were farmers

• They ate meat because they had already domesticated several animal species

• They were hunter-gatherers

• All of the above

This field in social science studies human remains and artifacts such as tools and pottery

• Anthropology

• Historian

• Geographer

• Archaeology

Lasting from about 100,000 - 10,000 years ago, this was the era when temperatures were significantly colder.

• Stone Age

• Ice Age

• Neolithic Age

• None of the Above